George Little
George A. Little is a classical guitarist living on the North Shore. He holds a B.A. in music from UMass Dartmouth, where he studied with William Riley, a M.M. from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA where he studied with David Patterson (New World Guitar Trio). He has studied in masterclasses with Ben Verdery, David Zohn and Luiz Montovani (Brazilian guitar Quartet).
As a performer, he has been enthusiastically received by audiences throughout New England, and has a series of performance awards to his credit including the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra/Lillian B. Lamaroux award for excellence in music. He was the first music student to be awarded the Emil “Smokey” Ameen scholarship for excellence in art and academics at UMass Dartmouth. At Longy, George has advocated the guitar’s role in chamber music through numerous collaborations including using the guitar to accompany Schubert art songs originally composed for voice and piano. Recent projects include the cross-over jazz duo, The New Boston Duo, rooted in the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.
He has taught guitar for over 10 years and has had teacher training as part of his graduate degree from the Longy School of Music. He is a registered Suzuki instructor and received his training from Frank Longay at the Hartt Suzuki Institute and Marylou Roberts at the Ann Arbor Suzuki Guitar Institute. George accepts students starting at three years old and up. He joined South Shore Conservatory in 2008.